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Rite Aid Deals for January 22 – 28

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“Resolution Rewards” +UP Reward promotion: Spend $100 on participating items marked with the Buy & Save symbol through January 28th, Get $20 +UP Reward (limit 1). There are several participating items in the ad, I will mark these items in red. Your purchases will track on your receipt over the course of the month, you do not have to spend $100 in a single transaction. Your $20 +UP Reward will print when you hit the $100 threshold.

Nicorette Gum (160-170 ct) or Nicorette/Commit Lozenges (108 ct) on sale $59.99Buy 1, Get $10 +UP Reward – limit 4Use $15/1 coupon from 1/1 RP insert
Pay $44.99, Get $10 +UP$34.99 after coupon and reward*There are some printable coupons out there, but Rite Aid’s policy states they will not take printables over $5

Vicks Dayquil or Nyquil Twin Packs (12 oz) or Liquigels (48 ct) on sale $9.99Buy 1, Get $2 +UP Reward – limit 3Use $1/1 coupon from 1/1 PG insert
Pay $8.99, Get $2 +UP$6.99 each after coupon and reward*For the twin packs, this is just $3.49 per bottle. Unfortunately, this seems to be the lowest price I’ve seen on Vicks products this year.

Similasan Ear or Eye CareBuy 1, Get $2 +UP Reward – limit 4Buy Similasan Eye Care $10.49
Use $2/1 coupon from 12/4 SS or 1/1 SS insert or $1.50/1 coupon from February All You magazine
Pay $8.49, Get $2 +UP$6.49 each after coupon and reward*These will ring up with your Wellness+ discount, so as low as $4.39 each after coupon and reward

Clearasil PerfectaWash Face Wash System on sale $15.99Buy 1, Get $2 +UP Reward – limit 4Use $1/1 coupon
Pay $14.99, Get $2 +UP$12.99 each after coupon and reward*I don’t know if this is a good price since they’re new, but thought I would mention just in case

Conair BrushesBuy 1, Get $2 +UP Reward – limit 3Final price will vary*I didn’t get a chance to check these prices, but keep in mind they will ring up with your Wellness+ discount. Leave a comment if you find a great deal!

Luvs family pack diapers $17.99Buy 1, Get $2 +UP Reward – limit 4Pay $17.99, Get $2 +UP$15.99 each after reward ($.17 per diaper for size 3)*These will ring up with your Wellness+ discount, so as low as $12.39 after reward or $.13 per diaper for size 3

Pampers Big Pack Diapers priced at $21.99Buy 1, Get $5 +UP – limit 6 (through 1/31)Use $1/1 coupon from 1/1 PG insert
Pay $20.99, Get $5 +UP$15.99 each after coupon and reward or less than $.17/diaper for size 3*These will ring up with your Wellness+ discount, so as low as $11.59 each after coupon and reward or $.12/diaper for size 3

Darrell Lea Licorice (7 oz) priced at $2.99Buy 1, Get $2 +UP Reward – limit 6Pay $2.99, Get $2 +UP$.99 each after reward*These will ring up with your Wellness+ discount, so as low as $.39 each after reward

Rain-Blo Gum (10 ct) priced at $.99Buy 2, Get $1 +UP Reward – limit 6Buy 2
Pay $1.98, Get $1 +UP$.49 each after reward*These will ring up with your Wellness+ discount, so as low as $.29 each after reward

It is. They initially were printing the reward for the Visa cards, but had to pull it as they couldn’t come to an agreement with the company. There should be signs up in your local store, I assume these ads are printed well ahead of time otherwise it wouldn’t be in there. That’s why I didn’t list it.

I’m a bit confused? The high octane energy chews are a monthly reward thingy dingy? It is not tagged at my local Rite-Aid and the sales person did not seem to know a thing about it. They were out of them and I wanted a rain check which the salesperson would not give me because it was not marked as an UP reward deal.

It’s possible that the monthly rewards aren’t valid at all stores? You do have until the 31st to purchase them and I would guess that since they are all gone, they are in fact ringing up correctly. You could try calling the CS or emailing to see if they could help you out?

My Rite Aid wouldn’t take the Honey Bunches of Oat coupon, they said because it has a Walmart logo on it, they won’t take it. I haven’t had that problem before with the coupons from the Walmart site. Bummer!

I saw your comment on my blog earlier and I promise you were on my to-do list as soon as my boys went to bed! If we’re comparing apples to apples (just the basic Kleenex), I truthfully think they are about the same. They work out to be about the same price per Kleenex (1/2 a penny each). If you are more interested in the anti-viral or lotion, you would need to do the RA deal. Hope that makes sense!

I think there is a misprint in the ad. The KY products must not be a part of the buy & save program because my $20 +up did not print, it only added up the $4 for the hershey’s bars. I had $90 towards the $100 res. reward before my transactions today, bought 4 KY products ($5.99 & $2.99 each, times 2) and it did not add them to my total towards $100 spent. Anyone else have trouble with this? Any ideas what i should do? Call Rite Aid?

I would call them or email, since it is for sure listed in the ad. They should be willing to honor it and can check your total towards the resolution rewards. Was it labeled in the store, I didn’t even check since I already got my reward.

I don’ t remember if it was. The only thing i thought was maybe it was not the right KY products, they were part of the b1g1 & $4+ up, but were not pictured inthe ad. Might just be easier to go back in & get something more. Thanks for the reply.

I have done the KY twice now-the first was the prices you got & it both added to my resolution reward & gave the +UP.
Today I found a smaller size-2oz, just regular KY, was $4 and a few cents-and the +up didn’t print out-I am going to call Rite Aid as it did have the +UP info by it & the ad I believe says all KY products. It was nearly free with the 2 $3 coupons, but I am not sure if it added to my resolution points or not.

The one thing I do remember about that deal is it stated “$5.39+” for the K-Y so the Warming Liquid would have been the cheapest product to work. Oddly enough, it was priced at $5.29 at my store, but it still worked.

I just checked the ad-it says: ” all KY products -regular retail 5.39-32.99″ & selection may vary by store (which it certainly does-only one of my stores had the $4+ one-& even prices on the same item varies). I will ask when I call in tomorrow & give a report.

My RA told me this morning the Store manager said no more rolling up rewards. sense there were roumers so I just voice my frustration but I understood. (I had asked another casher last week and she had not heard anything about it) I said “I’ll come back tomorrow for the other stuff and will it be posted in your coupon policy” he said yes and pulled out the Wellness + enrolment flyer.

On the back under #6 it states ” +up rewards may not be redeemed until 6 am local time the next day after issuance.”

It has actually been in the policy since the beginning of the year, I posted about it a few weeks ago. I did ask my store and they are allowing rolling of the rewards. Apparently they had quite the backlash on their FB wall and possibly retracted it, but it is still in the policy so it’s up to the individual store.

Thanks for letting us know Leann! If you got the $3/1 coupon in today’s paper, you should be able to use that to make it free. We didn’t get the coupon unfortunately, so I can’t check the wording. If you can only use the VV and you have your 20% discount, you would pay just $1.39!

Is the foaming gel with the other Youth Code products-I have checked several stores now and haven’t seen any? Only the kit which is about $35 & the cream which is still $25!! I did figure out a way to match one of them with the cheaper cleanser-to get up to the $20/$100 & using both coupons & all my +ups, would be pretty good, but have to find the product first!!

I just used 2 of the $3 off any 1 k-y just fine. my store was out of the warming at 5.39 but they had the reg. ky jelly 4 oz for $5.99. so I was able to buy 1 @ $5.99 and 1 @ $2.99. Used 2 $3 coupons plus my $2 up rewards from the ziplock and I OOP was $0.98. such a great deal sense DS dumped a bunch of our good stuff yesterday

I bought the KY today and it did not add to my resolution rewards. It should have put me over the $100 mark but I didnt get the 20 up reward. They said I will have to call to see if they will send it to me. any thoughts?

I got the $4 +UP too. As far as it not counting towards the resolution rewards, I would call or email their CS. Just keep your receipt on hand and they should be able to help you out. It is clearly marked in the ad that it’s included, so I wouldn’t imagine there will be a problem.

I have had a little problem with my up rewards printing. So far this year I’ve had to call twice. When I talked to customer service they looked up my transactions and mailed me my up rewards. A little inconvenient but they were super nice. I have to call again because my 4.00 up for ky didn’t print today. Good luck!

Tiffany,
In my experience (which is limited, so I could be wrong), when the UpReward is for a specific number of items (like the Loreal one) you need to purchase them in one transaction. The only ones that allow multiple transactions are when it’s for a specific dollar amount (like the Maybelline deal on the front cover of the ad, Buy $10 worth and get a $3 UpReward).
You could always try buying one and look for the running total at the bottom of your recipt, if it’s there then it should work but if it’s not just return it. If you choose to do this, I would suggest that you pay cash and not use UpRewards in case you need to return it.

Their policy does state that, but I also heard they retracted it on their Facebook wall. I asked my local store and they will let you roll your +UPs, no problem. So it looks like the computers are letting you, it will just be up to your store to say yes or no.

My store said they had heard a rumor about the no rolling thing, but that was back in November and corporate never set that up as a new rule, so every store should let you roll because it is actually not their policy.

If you earned your 20% Wellness+ discount last year, it will stay in effect for all of 2012. So there are those of us who still have our 20% discount from last year. I guess to answer your question, you are right in that the $12.39 is after the 20% off. If you haven’t reached your discount from this year and didn’t have one that carried over from last year, you would pay the full price.

Here’s something to check on the -L’oreal Youth Code products-if you are interested-the
Loreal Youth Code Kit-has a $5 coupon in 12/11 SS and another $5 Jan VV- (That one
may or may not be only for the kit also).
I do know the kit is quite expensive-but these are great coupons to go towards it-also would get the 10% or 20% discount.

These were listed for 2.49 each at my store. I was told I could not do a BOGO free AND get the price of 2.49. I either had to buy one at 2.49 or get two for the 3.99 BOGO free deal. This doesn’t make sense to me at all and I hope I just got a young employee that didn’t know the coupon/sale policy. Can anyone clarify this?

Unfortunately it’s true. I talked to my local manager about it last week and that’s why I didn’t list the price at $2.49. The $2.49 is a monthly price (called a TPR) and she said the weekly ad prices and sales always override the TPR price.

I bought a few Conair brushes awhile ago. They were like around $6 for the smaller ones up to $15 or so. I got a nice paddle brush for like $10 when there was a +up offer a month or so ago.
Also for the Brita SCR is this a new one? I got a pitcher last month, but wondered if I could use this SCR again to get filters?

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